Gillian Frost and Kevin Warner ure full-time teachers who face council-run Abram Moss Centre for seconFund adult edactica in Manchester. They are unahle load that the authorities are trying to place on their doorstep teachers have been hunded their over two hundred adults a year.
Warnings about the council's moves came at Easter.
only a half of this year's 32 places on the prepatory course The National Association of Education brasich at the centre is opposing the sackings and inad counte staffing levels. Now the task is 10 ensure that there is maximum unity in defending all bose opposing Bic cuts so Eat individuals are not picked off one at a time. A vital way to do levels which meet existing needs. This means more teachers, not less. messages of supporte Further Logue, Secretary NATFHE Branch, Abram Moss Селіте, стеспі коші, спир sail, Manchester.
MARTIN SOLOMON * Birmingham THIRTY-FIVE teenagers in BirFar preme for a cut came for premises for a youth club. group, mostle unemployed school leavers, says: We need somewhere we can ger together in a Jendly sumosphere and descus our problems with people out own We live in a highly lazed area with very few place WISHES ENDON there's lots lying - that's why we havetooccupy a building toget what we need' The troup tbemselves Independent Youth' because. their basic aim la to organise mulependent of adul patronage.
Week to march against the closure of the committee. A group of workers various bospitals stayed hehind to hammer out the detai of this on-going campaign.
Hazel Wright, chairperson of of Glan-Kly the Clan-Ely Action Comanitle told me: The area geriatric facilities we provide. The Els they he playing with Had an auribary nurse, added that "th staff's moral was high and they would occupy if necessary to keep the hospital open."
The campaign agpinst closure is Tures were handed into the Wels Office that workers from at lenst three Cardit bospitals walked out to cover only. rlayed a leading role. employee's Further united action of thi kind, and the creation of a strong South Glumorgan action commi service and defeur the AHA.
Mesanges of support and dona lee, c/o Ms. Martin, Treasure 8l-year-ald tan-Ely Hospital, Cardif Association, PAUL. SELIGMAN * Liverpool behalf of FIVE HUNDRED bealtwork ers ints CATC LiverpooL authority is persistent in refusing to bl on workers stated a one ay workers staged a one willingness io bow to Govern ment pressure to impose cash BILLS JE CAL TUBUL SECTORI Unemployment in Merseyside stands at over 10 per cent. Bur
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BELT AND Straclord and voted on. It was a close call.
Pro-abortion Committee members were not helped by the defection of two of their number - Labour MPs Renee Short and Maureen Colguhoun try conster voting bor the fairly Labour MP Roland Mayle with the ogles performance was no opposition.
urpose. Un Cabinci instructiot e had earlier tried to arrange compromise deal with the antithe Bill through, Benyon and Co were asked to exempt the charity clinics from its provisions, and only reduce the time limit to 22 weeks in pregnancy instead of 20 three women Labour MPs Madonald And a Richardson - refused to accept it.
OPPONENTS But even had the deal gone through, opponents of abortion have no intention of giving up until abortion is ourlawed for almost al WOIDOI Benyon's Bill has not yer been defeated just because the Hill did Supporters of William Benyon's anti-abortion Bill suffered a set-back last Friday. They had successfully manoeuvred in the Standing Committee on the Bill to get it to the floor of the Commons. But the lack of parliamentary time meant the Bill could not be debated not get time last weti.
Mott already put their names to a motion calling for extra time 1o of Parliament for a debate in the voting In the light of past experience of Labour's promises on the abortion issue, no reliance can be Government will not grant this time. Activity must be stepped up HE CONCCRA EO CIE I more deals or sell outs.
This need for continued activity ut across at the packed eme ency meeting held by the Nat ional Abortion Campaign on 15 July, Mary Vreede, speaking fo Donach NAC, stressed the need to carry broad support already won by the campaigo.
Publiciry actions initiated NAC women over the past few days had clearly demonstrated port. Sixty women had tured evening vigil ourside Parliament, And their and similar numbers bad suc LOSELY CAUSE CAC WICHEDI the press with ait occupation of Westminster Roman Catholic 160 MP, have idea that abortion campaign.
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of the ordinary the a woman's right to choose by Midlands:
that positive A well-planned interruption by turned to NAC members in the audience of the David Frost TV debate on abortion on 14 July prompted Frost to sound out the opinsons government public present. They voted by ar impressive majority in support of The forthcoming events planscriber to protest at the lack of in Birmingham on 29 service racancs 3n enc "caravan' group and publicity the cerional day schools to discuss month; and legislation throughout SOCIALIST CHALLENGE Marchers set off following the emergency meeting - Friday evening in London to map out the next stops in the a All attention should now be tbe execurive meeting of the Labour Party called by NAC on Wednes day, 28 July. It will focus attention SALE which has CULCISE ently allowed Labour MPs ta follow the dictates of their own conscicnees on every vital vote over the past two years.
Ir has accepced wholesale the restrictive recommendations af and despite Labour Party and TUC conference deci quest, MPs have been left tu viewpoitis 21 July 1977 Paged Government has savagely cut ducing even the limited abortion facilities which exist today No time for Beyon's Bill in the Commons! That should be the message that local campaigns loudly prociams. Er coupied with intensive campaigning aetivity for a woman's right to choose will he in the strongest positior not only Benyon's Bill DELICIL attempts to restrict women's Picker Transport House in Smith Square on Wednesdry, 27 July al Sam. No time for Bermon's BIll Lobaur MPs on abortion pores!
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